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Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Title IX with Archival Footage of Sporting Legends

Unwritten Record

June 23, 2022 is the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX , the landmark federal bill designed to guarantee equal opportunities for women in education and sports by prohibiting sex-based discrimination in federally funded schools. The act dramatically increased the number of women playing sports. Today that number is 2 in 5.

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How IBM sports and entertainment partnerships transform an industry—and win an Emmy

IBM Big Data Hub

At this year’s National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention, the IBM sports and entertainment team accepted an Emmy® Award for its advancements in curating sports highlights through artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). These include the Masters , the GRAMMYs , US Open Tennis , Wimbledon and ESPN.

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How the Masters uses watsonx to manage its AI lifecycle

IBM Big Data Hub

Through a partnership spanning more than 25 years, IBM has helped the Augusta National Golf Club capture, analyze, distribute and use data to bring fans closer to the action, culminating in the AI-powered Masters digital experience and mobile app.

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Golf and KPIs—And what true success drivers look like

Rocket Software

One place you’ll find them is…golf! A 1987 study by Dr. Lucius Riccio of Columbia University looked at golf stats and how they correlated with scores. Riccio found that this formula reliably predicts golf scores to within one stroke when you average the scores and stats over least four rounds. So how do you increase your GIR?

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Taking to the Green

Archives Blogs

Like the fact that, apparently, the golf season in college is all year long with a long break over December and January. Which means, both the men’s and women’s golf teams will be hitting the links again starting this month, the women started their spring season last Friday and then men get up and running today.

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The 3% Edge: How Data Drives Success in Business and the Olympics

Bill Schmarzo - Dell EMC

To start validating this 1% edge, I evaluated single athlete sports, where focusing on the singular performer is easier than a team sport. Professional Golf. The 3 percent edge is quite evident in golf. Verifying the 1% Edge. Here’s what I found. percent less than the top 5 (see Figure 1)! 2016 Olympics Men’s Track.

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The 3% Edge: How Data Drives Success in Business and the Olympics

Bill Schmarzo - Dell EMC

To start validating this 1% edge, I evaluated single athlete sports, where focusing on the singular performer is easier than a team sport. Professional Golf. The 3 percent edge is quite evident in golf. Verifying the 1% Edge. Here’s what I found. percent less than the top 5 (see Figure 1)! 2016 Olympics Men’s Track.